U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert faces voters in Colorado’s GOP primary election Tuesday after she fled a tough reelection race to run in a more Republican-leaning district, harried along the way by accusations of carpetbagging and still bruised by an embarrassing video.

Boebert, who planted her MAGA flag in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2020, has amassed conservative clout across the country. But that limelight has also meant public scandals. Her decision to switch districts came after video surfaced of her vaping and causing a disturbance with a date at a musical production of Beetlejuice.

Boebert said she made the switch to ensure another Republican could win her old district, which she nearly lost in 2022, and she blamed outside groups for targeting her. But Boebert left the district having already become a fundraising magnet for the likely Democratic candidate, who has pulled in millions that may help him flip a district that has leaned Republican in recent years.

On Tuesday, for the first time since all of that happened, Colorado voters will get their say. The ones in her new district will weigh her candidacy against more traditional GOP rivals. Those include former state Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg, current state Reps. Mike Lynch and Richard Holtorf and parental rights advocate Deborah Flora.

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    Vaping scandal. Lol. I fucking forgot she was smoking weed while cranking that dude’s hog in a theatre full of children.

    AP, man. wtf.

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      cranking a dude’s hog while vaping weed in a theatre full of children. A completely accurate depiction of a former member of congress. How low we have come.

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      Not even mentioned in the article! In what world does the author live that “vaping” was the scandal that prompted her to flee her district? Conservatives couldn’t care less that she was being rude with vape smoke at a play.

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          The lines were redrawn. Therefore she fled because she knew couldn’t win since she won the last election by a mere 500+ votes.

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          It’s literally the first line of the summary. There was a district that most closely matched her previous one, but she’s running in a district she doesn’t live in because it would be easier to win.

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              starts a semantic argument

              someone immediately proves you wrong

              This is a FUCKING STUPID ARGUMENT. It doesn’t matter whether I’m right or you are. It’s fucking semantics.

              Hahaha hot damn this is the stupid-little-shittest energy have ever seen. Are you a professional?

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              You literally started the argument you’re now upset about. For some reason you thought it was important enough to tell me I was wrong, but after people told you your interpretation is wrong (or at best, in your evaluation, pointless) you’re suddenly wondering why we’re even talking about it.

              You didn’t read the summary and felt compelled to make a point no one else here or in political coverage agrees with, just tuck your tail and slink away.

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    parental rights advocate Deborah Flora.

    Disingenuous way is saying pro forced birth, anti choice.

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    Boebert faces first election Tuesday since switching districts and the vaping scandal hand-job scandal with her exhibitionist-in-front-of-underage-girl-husband.
    FTFY, but you might need a smaller font size to fit it in.

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    How long until this hag is on onlyfans after she gets booted from congress? I give it three months

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      I mean then she’ll be doing something good with her life. So no need to shame OF models.

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        I wasn’t; when you’re a “family values” conservative being on OF is a matter of hypocrisy

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          when you’re a “family values” conservative being on OF is a matter of hypocrisy

          Agreed. I just don’t want to put that energy out there, personally I feel enough is enough, wrt to shaming sex work.

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    Man, this headline reminds me of those articles that used to scare parents who didn’t know current slang.

    Is your child talking about ‘vaping’? They could mean ‘giving hand jobs in a public theater’! More at 7.

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    I don’t really expect smart decisions from Republican voters, so it remains to be seen if they are at least smart enough to vote her out.

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    Vaping scandal? I don’t think that’s how most people recognize it. Also I thought the district she left was less conservative. I thought she was in a safer District now. Is that not right?